On Father’s Day in Lincolnshire, Ashley Henry and his daughter Oria Henry perished in an automobile accident caused by a collision with a lorry.
At the scene at Anwick, Mr. Henry, 35, and his daughter were both declared dead.
Senior Coroner Paul Smith postponed the inquests until the collision’s criminal case was resolved.
At approximately 14:45 BST on June 18, Det Insp. Andy McWatt said to the Lincoln Coroner’s Court that police had received reports of a significant traffic collision on the A153.
Information concerning a “car going head-on straight into a lorry” was mentioned in the reports.
“We’ve got dashcam video from that lorry, and it looks like the driver of the car did it on purpose,”
Det Insp McWatt continued, “Therefore, a criminal investigation has been opened into that incident.”
In relation to the crash, Lincolnshire Police previously stated they were not looking for anyone else.
The inquest heard that the exact medical cause of the toddler’s death is still under investigation.
Mr. Henry, of Cherryleas Drive in Leicester, died from “a number of traumatic injuries,” according to the findings of an inquest, but the precise cause of death has not yet been determined.
Both inquests were postponed until December while the police investigation was being completed by Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith sent his sympathies to the deceased’s family even though none of their members were present at the hearings.
Rachael Leader, Oria’s mother, had posted on social media that her daughter had spent the previous weekend with her father in Skegness before passing away.
In a statement released by Lincolnshire Police, Ms. Leader paid tribute to her daughter, saying that Oria had brought her “so much light, love, and happiness.”
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